Aologies for the mild bump, but I was looking for something else when I stumbled across this thread.

The Foundry - and mapmaking in general - is obviously so important that there's no mention of thenobodies80 being promoted to Foreman. Even more telling is the lack of useful xml enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps.

All in all, 2011 was a bittersweet year for ConquerClub and I. I hope things improve in the year(s) ahead... I guess we'll just have to watch this space?

AndyDufresne wrote:Conquer Club -- A Year in Review

And as 2011 dips below the horizonLet us look back at the year and all we've seen and done---Have a seat, relax, and listen closeTo a tale of year gone "bye": Adiós!

March brought our standard St. Patricks Day festivities and Conquer Club's first Official Charity,And site-wide Clickable Maps was introduced to help eliminate player disparity!Now we were all free to click to our heart's content---Even if in the end we would lamentA horrible-no-good-very-rotten dice roll still,But at least the Random Map Medal was a new achievement thrill!

May brought game 9 Million as a landmark milestone,And lucky or not for us, with Dice Stats we could finally see the dice we've thrown.Whac-a-Mod 4 proved to be the greatest threatNearly keeping the Mods from claiming another victory set,But if we're talking about victories and wins, lets give credit where credit is due,Highlanderattack was the first to claim 200 tournament wins, dispatching every opponent in his field of view.

June brought a Women's FIFA World Cup celebrationAllowing us all to stretch our mental legs in hopes of shaking off computer sedentation.And while the World Cup perhaps was a high mark for women everywhereA number of men seemed preoccupied elsewhere with their stareAs the Off Topics forum, then named Schrödinger's Catbox, beckoned them in droves and throngsTo 300 pages of of scantily clad women---some, in fact, in thongs.

August brought a touch of heat and sun As the Entertainment Team once again promoted some annual Summer Bash fun,And just as things were heating up on the main siteOur Facebook fan page hit 7000 "likes"---lets preserve that in stone...or maybe carbonite!And last, but certainly not least of all,The "General Congratulations" topic reached 200 pages and 3000 posts, and can you believe not even one was egotistical?

MrBenn wrote:Apologies for the mild bump, but I was looking for something else when I stumbled across this thread.

The Foundry - and mapmaking in general - is obviously so important that there's no mention of thenobodies80 being promoted to Foreman. Even more telling is the lack of useful xml enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps.

First, do you realize that more than just thenobodies80 was moved up to Team Leader? dhallmeyer took over for mpjh, nagerous took over for InsomniaRed, Masli took over for jpcloet, Dako took over for chipv, and Gilligan took over for samuelc812. There's no mention of them, either. And besides, this was purely Andy's doing. I imagine most of what was put was so that he could make an easy rhyme; that's essentially what he told us mafia folk when we were sad our forum 'upgrade' wasn't mentioned. The poem is no reflection of lack in any way. Or if it is, it's unintentional. And, might I add, Andy did mention maps:

I'm not defending Lack's relative neglect of the Foundry, I just think you need to get your facts straight. I assure you, the Foreman is doing what he can to get XML updates, the map database and the like implemented.

Victor Sullivan wrote:I'm not defending Lack's relative neglect of the Foundry, I just think you need to get your facts straight. I assure you, the Foreman is doing what he can to get XML updates, the map database and the like implemented.

Don't belittle me - I know exactly what the Foundry Foreman can and cannot do. My facts are dead straight.

PB: 2661 | He's blue...If he were green he would die | No mod would be stupid enough to do that

Victor Sullivan wrote:I'm not defending Lack's relative neglect of the Foundry, I just think you need to get your facts straight. I assure you, the Foreman is doing what he can to get XML updates, the map database and the like implemented.

Don't belittle me - I know exactly what the Foundry Foreman can and cannot do. My facts are dead straight.

Surely you misunderstand me? "I just think you need to get your facts straight," was in reference to the previous statements, not the following. I wouldn't think to dictate to the former Foreman what a Foreman can and can't do; I simply stated nobodies is doing what he can (whatever that may be or entail).

Victor Sullivan wrote:I'm not defending Lack's relative neglect of the Foundry, I just think you need to get your facts straight. I assure you, the Foreman is doing what he can to get XML updates, the map database and the like implemented.

Don't belittle me - I know exactly what the Foundry Foreman can and cannot do. My facts are dead straight.

Surely you misunderstand me? "I just think you need to get your facts straight," was in reference to the previous statements, not the following.

MrBenn wrote:Even more telling is the lack of useful xml enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps.

I can count on 3 fingers the number of xml updates which have been implemented over the past 4 years (and two of those updates don't count as new features). The number of "enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps" has not changed since the old map thumbnail browser disappeared and the animated gif arrived on the homepage. Which of these facts do I have incorrect?

PB: 2661 | He's blue...If he were green he would die | No mod would be stupid enough to do that

Victor Sullivan wrote:I'm not defending Lack's relative neglect of the Foundry, I just think you need to get your facts straight. I assure you, the Foreman is doing what he can to get XML updates, the map database and the like implemented.

Don't belittle me - I know exactly what the Foundry Foreman can and cannot do. My facts are dead straight.

Surely you misunderstand me? "I just think you need to get your facts straight," was in reference to the previous statements, not the following.

MrBenn wrote:Even more telling is the lack of useful xml enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps.

I can count on 3 fingers the number of xml updates which have been implemented over the past 4 years (and two of those updates don't count as new features). The number of "enhancements or improvements to the way the site showcases its maps" has not changed since the old map thumbnail browser disappeared and the animated gif arrived on the homepage. Which of these facts do I have incorrect?

Hehe, I guess it's me that has misunderstood you. I guess I thought you were referring to the poem with that sentence. Dearie, me...

You are right; it's more than unfortunate that lack has slacked on updates with the Foundry - XML or otherwise. *Sigh*